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Cellphone Firms in Europe
Join to Take on Giant Rivals

By

Nic Fildes Dow Jones Newswires

Updated Oct. 2, 2003 12:01 a.m. ET

LONDON -- Seven smaller mobile-telecommunications network operators accounting for around 40 million European customers formed an alliance to offer pan-European services, in an attempt to take on bigger competitors.

The members are Spanish operator Amena, part of the Auna telecom-holding company; mmO2 of the U.K., which also has operations in Ireland and Germany; Italian operator Wind Infostrada SpA; Telenor ASA's Norwegian mobile...